And we're usually about a 7th ranked team. Seems about right. Still, 4.5 million should at least buy SEC championships pretty regularly. All in all, I'd say that's about right then. Mack Brown, Bielema, Jones, Stoops, Hoke, and Ferentz are all vastly overpaid.

quote:The big takeaway? Bret Bielema makes a lot of money. At $2.95 million, he is one of the highest-paid coaches in the country. But in the USA Today table, he's listed at $5.16 million, right behind Mack Brown and Nick Saban. That includes Bielema's one-time Wisconsin buyout, however, as these are the annual salary terms of his actual Arkansas contract: